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British Small Board Championship: Results 2004

Tournament Name:

British Small Board

Tournament Date:

7 November 2004

There were 23 players this year at the Small Board Championships in
Cambridge. The tournament, played on 13×13 boards, was again hosted by Cambridge Junior Chess & Go Club and held
as part of a Chess and Go event with around 80 competitors in total.

More than a quarter of the players were juniors, and more than a third were
double figure kyus. The median grade was 6 kyu.

As usual, the tournament was played in a mixed format. The higher ranked
players started off in an even game tournament for the championship; once they
were eliminated by losing two games they joined the other players in the
handicap section.

The defending champion was Simon Goss 2 dan. The favourite to win was David
Ward 4 dan, this year’s challenger for the British Go Championship.
However, David lost to Matthew Woodcraft 1 dan in round 4, so another defeat
would have eliminated him from the championship.

By the end of round 5, the only player left undefeated was national junior
champion William Brooks on 4½ points. David Ward, Tim Hunt and Matthew
Woodcraft were just behind on 4. But in round 6 David beat William and Tim beat
Matthew to leave David and Tim on 6 points, so that the game between them in
round 7 would determine the winner.

David won this game to take the title. William finished in second place after
winning his last game and Tim was third.

There were also prizes for two other players winning 5 games—Matthew
Woodcraft 1 dan and Alistair Turnbull 13 kyu.

Here are the full results. Results of the games played on even to determine
the winner of the championship are shown in red; other
results (games played with handicaps) are shown in black.

No

Name

Club

Grade

Jun?

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Wins

5

David Ward

Cambridge

4-dan

19+

1+

14+

3-

13+

6+

2+

6

2

Tim Hunt

Milton Keynes

3-dan

1-

15+

11+

8+

4+

3+

5-

5

1

Simon Goss

Bracknell

2-dan

2+

5-

3-

15-

14-

28-

17-

1

3

Matthew Woodcraft

Cambridge

1-dan

16+

11+

1+

5+

6-

2-

13+

5

4

Sung-Won Ko

Camb Chess & Go

1-dan

Junior

26-

10-

17+

14+

2-

11+

25-

3

6

Will Brooks

Cambridge

1-kyu

Junior

15+

14=

8+

7+

3+

5-

22+

5.5

8

Matthew Reid

Cambridge

1-kyu

7+

13+

6-

2-

11+

22-

23-

3

7

Mathieu Flinders

Cambridge

1-kyu

8-

17+

24-

6-

23-

...

11-

1.5

10

Brian Dackombe

Bromley

2-kyu

3-

4+

15-

11-

...

17+

18+

3.5

11

Steve Bailey

West Surrey

3-kyu

18+

3-

2-

10+

8-

4-

7+

3

13

Nick Krempel

Cambridge

5-kyu

17+

8-

18+

22+

5-

20+

3-

4

14

Steve Burgess

Cambridge

6-kyu

...

6=

5-

4-

1+

26+

24-

3

15

Ukrit Mankong

Cambridge

7-kyu

6-

2-

10+

1+

19-

18-

26+

3

17

Benny Hsu

Cambridge

8-kyu

13-

7-

4-

...

28+

10-

1+

2.5

18

Jonathan Englefield

Unattached

9-kyu

Junior

11-

19+

13-

23+

25-

15+

10-

3

19

Nicola Hurden

Bracknell

10-kyu

5-

18-

26+

24-

15+

23-

28+

3

20

Steve Moratti

Cambridge

11-kyu

24+

23+

22-

25=

26+

13-

...

4

22

Alastair Turnbull

Cambridge

13-kyu

25+

26+

13-

25=

24+

8+

6-

5

23

Pauline Bailey

West Surrey

17-kyu

28+

20-

25-

18-

7+

19+

8+

4

24

Kay Dackombe

Bromley

18-kyu

Junior

20-

...

7+

19+

22-

25+

14+

4.5

25

Ken Dackombe

Bromley

22-kyu

Junior

22-

28+

23+

20=

18+

24-

4+

4.5

26

Matthew Harris

Camb Chess & Go

22-kyu

Junior

4+

22-

19-

28+

20-

14-

15-

2

28

Mark Richer

Unattached

30-kyu

23-

25-

...

26-

17-

1+

19-

1.5

After the main tournament was over, we had a special tournament (and some
cakes!) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Cambridge Junior Chess & Go
Club, and also to raise some money for Children In Need. We played on 13×13
boards in pairs, in each pair a strong Go player (stronger than 15 kyu) teamed
up with a junior.

The prizewinners were Simon Goss & Matthew Harris and Matthew Reid &
Simon Matcham. Both these pairs scored two wins out of two.

The pairs also had a go at working together to solve some chess problems.
Simon Goss & Matthew Harris got the best score, followed by Matthew
Woodcraft & Ilya Altschuler.

Together with the entry fees for these special events, there were many
generous donations from people taking part in the main Chess and Go tournaments,
and the total amount raised for Children In Need was £153.05.

Here are the full results of the Go games:

No

Go Expert

Junior

1

2

Wins

1

David Ward

Thomas Matcham

1-

10+

1

2

Simon Goss

Matthew Harris

2+

3+

2

3

Matthew Woodcraft

Ilya Altschuler

4+

2-

1

4

Nicola Hurden

Jonathan Lau

3-

9-

0

5

Alastair Turnbull

Ashley Stewart

6+

8-

1

6

Nick Krempel

Daniel Simons

5-

7+

1

7

Steve Burgess

Fred van Someren

8-

6-

0

8

Matthew Reid

Simon Matcham

7+

5+

2

9

Jonathan Englefield

David Lau

10-

4+

1

10

Steve Bailey

Jack Simons

9+

1-

1

Throughout the day there was a Go teaching stall and around 30 children (and
some parents!) learned to play Go.

There was a self-pairing 9×9 novices tournament for juniors. The clear winner
was Daniel Simons from Rackham School near Ely, who scored 7 straight wins
(although his game with Fred van Someren was very close). The other prizewinner
was Thomas Matcham in second place with 4½.

No

Name

School/Club

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Wins

1

Harry Gapper

King's College School

2-

12+

10-

1

2

Oliver Adams

1+

10+

8-

15-

2

3

Dominic Roberts

Chess & Go Club

4+

6-

1

4

Jeremy Cochran

3-

6+

1

5

Daniel Simons

Rackham, Witchford

6+

7+

11+

16+

18+

19+

13+

7

6

Oliver Sellers

Rackham, Witchford

5-

3+

4-

7=

1.5

7

Simon Matcham

Rackham, Witchford

5-

13+

15=

6=

2

8

Jonathan Lau

St Faith's School

9+

2+

17-

2

9

Henry Sandercock

King's School Ely

8-

15-

0

10

Harry Lawes

King's College School

2-

1+

12-

1

11

Thomas Evans

Newnham Croft

5-

14+

22+

2

12

Fraser Roebuck

King's College School

1-

10+

2

13

Jack Simons

Rackham, Witchford

7-

15-

5-

0

14

David Moratti

Chess & Go Club

11-

0

15

Thomas Matcham

Rackham, Witchford

13+

7=

2+

9+

22+

4.5

16

Henry Rogerson

Rackham, Witchford

5-

0

17

David Lau

8+

1

18

Alexander Jackson

5-

0

19

Fred van Someren

King's College School

5-

0

20

Anna Law

Perse Girls School

21-

0

21

Stella Gordon

Perse Girls School

20+

1

Many thanks are due to William Brooks and Mathieu Flinders who ran the main
tournament, to Chris Stewart who ran the food and drinks stall throughout the
day and to chess organisers Nick Jackson and Patrick Ribbands for their help and
cooperation.